Is it OK To Give Fighters Credit On Their Resume When robbed?

[BennyST]

No, not to me. Like I said If you were a supervisor at a failing company & you put supervisor down on your resume, it is accurate. I don't even see how applying for a job made this way into your comparison, but to each his own.




Fabulous post my good man!!

Because a failed application is the same as a fight you fail to win.

Neither belong on your resume.

Seems more logical a comparison to being a supervisor at a failing company considering you have to be originally hired to gain that kind of job.

When you fail to win a fight, it's essentially the same as failing to be hired for the job you're looking to attain.

And again, neither belong on your resume.

I think if you perform well and give a tough fight it can be considered. I.e Cotto's performance against Mayweather.

But clear loss's I don't put on a resume.

It depends largely on the type of loss, but if it's just a clear loss or whatever, then no, you don't deserve credit at all. Why should you?

Does a journeyman deserve credit for having been a go to guy for young up and coming prospects, despite getting knocked out and losing all of them?

It's who you beat. If you give great efforts in losing fights as an underdog against top guys then you deserve some credit as you passed expectations.

Still, Irish Pat Lawlor shouldn't be considered as good as or better than Pac should he? Didn't beat these but he did fight them.

Check out this list:
Roberto Duran
Wilfred Benitez
Hector Camacho
Terry Norris
Vinny Pazienza
Rene Arredondo
John David Jackson
Joe Calzaghe
Dana Rosenblatt
Librado Andrade

Damn! Pat Lawlor must be a legend.



You shouldn't get credit for just being signed to fight someone. You get credit for what you do in a fight, whether it's surpassing expectations and doing great or beating fighters. However, you should not get credit for simply showing up.

[IronDanHamza]

It depends largely on the type of loss, but if it's just a clear loss or whatever, then no, you don't deserve credit at all. Why should you?

Does a journeyman deserve credit for having been a go to guy for young up and coming prospects, despite getting knocked out and losing all of them?

It's who you beat. If you give great efforts in losing fights as an underdog against top guys then you deserve some credit as you passed expectations.

Still, Irish Pat Lawlor shouldn't be considered as good as or better than Pac should he? Didn't beat these but he did fight them.

Check out this list:
Roberto Duran
Wilfred Benitez
Hector Camacho
Terry Norris
Vinny Pazienza
Rene Arredondo
John David Jackson
Joe Calzaghe
Dana Rosenblatt
Librado Andrade

Damn! Pat Lawlor must be a legend.



You shouldn't get credit for just being signed to fight someone. You get credit for what you do in a fight, whether it's surpassing expectations and doing great or beating fighters. However, you should not get credit for simply showing up.

That's pretty much exactly what I'm saying.

You're resume isn't who you fight, it's who you beat.

But of course, logically, you still get somewhat credit for giving a tough fight to another ATG, especially if you're supposed to lose.

But those instances are reasonably rare.

[BennyST]

That's pretty much exactly what I'm saying.

You're resume isn't who you fight, it's who you beat.

But of course, logically, you still get somewhat credit for giving a tough fight to another ATG, especially if you're supposed to lose.

But those instances are reasonably rare.

Agreed. I was just reiterating exactly what you had said.

[mathed]

Thoughts on this?

I was always kind of on the fence about it but I can't help but give credit to Lewis in the first Holyfield fight, and to Marquez in the 3rd Pacquiao fight.

I do...I don't really care what the corrupt judges think. I say Martinez beat Cintron via KO, Molina beat Kirkland, Abril beat Rios, Macklin beat Sturm, etc.

[jg77]

Castillo won that first fight with Mayweather. It wasn't all that close IMO, a really good fight but Castillo definitely won it.

Abril just recently got robbed. I thought Khan won against Peterson also.